Dario Argento

The Opera was a very cold film, a hopeless and dark film, no hope, no love.

Horror by definition is the emotion of pure revulsion. Terror of the same standard, is that of fearful anticipation.

If you don't like my movies, don't watch them.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

All the books I was reading as a teenager were about individuals having adventures. So I thought that was what writers were supposed to do: to go out on the road.